Debra Titone, Ph.D., Lab Director

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Appointments & Affiliations

  • 2014 - now  Professor, Canada Research Chair in Language & Multilingualism, Department of Psychology, McGill University
  • 2021 - 2023  Associate Vice Principal Research, McGill University
  • 2011 - 2023  Member, Executive Board & Axis Leader, Centre for Research on Brain, Language & Music, McGill University/UQAM/Concordia University/University of Montréal
  • 2018 – now  Associate Member, School for Communication Sciences & Disorders, McGill University
  • 2016 - now  Co-founder, Women in Cognitive Science - Canada, NSERC/CSBBCS funded
  • 2013 - now  Officer, Women in Cognitive Science, NSF funded
  • 2007 - now  Associate Member, International Laboratory for Brain, Music & Sound Research (BRAMS), McGill University/University of Montréal
  • 2009 - 2023  Member, NSERC-Create Training Network in Auditory Cognitive Neuroscience, Complex Dynamics
  • 2006 - 2014  Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, McGill University
  • 2002 - 2006  Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, McGill University

 

Honors & Awards

  • 2024 Donald  O. Hebb Distinguished Contribution Award, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)
  • 2024 Fellow (elected), Canadian Psychological Association (CPA)
  • 2019 - 2026 Canada Research Chair in Language & Multilingualism, Tier 1, SSHRC
  • 2019 Richard C. Tees Distinguished Leadership Award, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)
  • 2019 Fellow of the Society (appointed), Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)
  • 2018 Executive Service Award, Canadian Society for Brain, Behaviour, & Cognitive Science (CSBBCS)
  • 2017 Feminist Mentoring Award, Section on Women & Psychology, Canadian Psychological Society
  • 2003 - 2013 Canada Research Chair in Cognitive Neuroscience of Language and Memory, Tier 2, CIHR
  • 2012 Women in Cognitive Science Mentorship Award, Minneapolis, MN ($2400)
  • 2009 Visiting Scholar Award, ESRC Research Centre on Bilingualism, Bangor University, Wales, UK ($3000)
  • 2007, 2009 Departmental Nominee, Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Associate Professor Level, Department of Psychology, McGill University
  • 2005, 2006 Departmental Nominee, Principal’s Prize for Excellence in Teaching, Assistant Professor Level, Department of Psychology, McGill University
  • 2005 Nominated for Derrick and Thomson Awards for Excellence in Graduate Supervision, Department of Psychology, McGill University
  • 2002 Member/Fellow, Psychonomic Society
  • 2001 Fellow, Summer Institute in Cognitive Neuroscience, Dartmouth College
  • 1999 Young Investigator Award, International Congress on Schizophrenia Research
  • 1995 Dissertation Research Award, American Psychological Association

 

Editorial Service

  • 2021 - 2026  Editor, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology
  • 2018 – 2021  Associate Editor, Journal of Experimental Psychology - General
  • 2018 – 2022  Associate Editor, Canadian Journal of Experimental Psychology, APA
  • 2016 – 2019  Editorial Board, Bilingualism: Language & Cognition, Cambridge University Press
  • 2015 – now  Editorial Board, The Mental Lexicon, John Benjamins
  • as of Jan 2020 Editorial Board, Psychological Science, APS

 

Education & Postdoctoral Experience

  • 1998 - 1999 Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Medical School, McLean Hospital
  • 1995 - 1997 Postdoctoral Fellow, Brandeis University, Volen National Center for Complex Systems
  • 1989 - 1995 Ph.D., Experimental Psychology, Cognitive, State University of New York, Binghamton
  • 1985 - 1989 B.A., with Honors in Psychology, New York University

 

Web Coordinates

Personal & Lab:

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Center for Research on Brain, Language, & Music (CRBLM):

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Women in Cognitive Science Canada+ (WICSC+):

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